MotorWeek's former head writer, Martin Peters, discovered Trabant on a random trip to Germany for the show. He tells a pretty great story about how he found the car.

His example has a two cylinder, two stroke engine with an astounding 27 horsepower. I let out an audible laugh when he takes to the track against a Porsche.

Seriously. This is great. No tongue in cheekiness today. Enjoy!

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